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Thoughts: Why Sony is winning

November 2, 2011

As a business journalist by trade, I tend to put a lot of attention into that side of the game’s industry: it interests me to see the business strategies of Apple, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo evolve over time. When a new player comes to the space, such as OnLive, I…

Gears 3 Command Pack goes live

November 2, 2011

gears of war 3/gears3/Xbox 360/Xbox Live

The Horde Command Pack for Gears of War 3 may have run into a couple of issues posting to XBL today, but it’s finally here. For 800mspts (or for nothing if you bought the Season Pass) you’ll get some pretty nifty add-ons for your Gears 3 multiplayer experience. And those…

Gears 3 Command Pack goes live

November 2, 2011

gears of war 3/gears3/Xbox 360/Xbox Live

Review: Gamebook Adventures: Temple of the Spider God (iPad)

November 2, 2011

Gamebook/iPad/Reviews

If you thought you hated spiders before… We’ve reviewed a couple of Tin Man Games’ other Gamebook Adventures titles that the Australian developer has released to the iPad and iPhone (read them here and here), but the newest (seventh) game, Temple of the Spider God, is a big deal for…

Review: Gamebook Adventures: Temple of the Spider God (iPad)

November 2, 2011

Gamebook/iPad/Reviews

No manual in Super Mario 3D Land. Another blow to retail games.

November 1, 2011

Manual/Super Mario Bros

One of the really nice things about Nintendo games through the years has been the manuals. Typically they’re of a very high quality, and even now, as EA and Activision give us terrible black and white, 4 page slips of paper, Nintendo games have come with glorious, full-colour manuals that…

No manual in Super Mario 3D Land. Another blow to retail games.

November 1, 2011

Manual/Super Mario Bros

MechWarrior Free-to-Play MMO? Ok!

November 1, 2011

MechWarrior/MMO

Set for release in 2012, MechWarrior Online is going to be one of those MMOs – you know, free to play technically, but plenty of incentives to buy stuff. It’ll have all the trappings of a typical MMO, there’s going to be guilds, and you’ll be able to form parties…

MechWarrior Free-to-Play MMO? Ok!

November 1, 2011

MechWarrior/MMO

Review: The War of the Worlds (XBLA)

November 1, 2011

Patrick Stewart/war of the worlds/XBLA/Xbox 360/Xbox Live

Other Ocean gives Xbox Live Arcade its moody, atmospheric take on the seminal alien invasion story. Though I would have suggesteed a sub-title for it- the Prince of Mars. Mainly because the first thing that popped into my mind when I fired up War was Prince of Persia. I played…

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